"The National Garden Festivals were part of the cultural regeneration
of large areas of derelict land in Britain's industrial districts during
the 1980s and early 1990s. Five were held in total - one every two years,
each in a different city - after the idea was pushed by environment secretary
Michael Heseltine in 1980. They were based on the German post-war Bundesgartenschau
concept for reclaiming large areas of derelict land in cities, and cost from £25-million
to £70 million each. They reclaimed the contaminated ex-sites of large
industrial concerns such as steelworks." - Wikipedia

Liverpool Garden Festival (1984)

Stoke-on-Trent Garden Festival (1986)

Glasgow Garden Festival (1988)

Gateshead Garden Festival (1990)

Ebbw Vale Garden Festival (1992

Each site still remains, but unfortunately,
not many of the features do. Each site has now been used for other things,
just as it was planned.

The Liverpool Garden Festival of 1984 has now become a mixture of housing
and derelict sites

The Stoke-on-Trent Garden Festival of 1986 is now mostly maturing garden
parkland, but has some retail and offices areas

The Glasgow Garden Festival of 1988 is now home to the Glasgow Science
Centre and a digital media village on the banks of the River Clyde.

The Gateshead Garden Festival of 1990, it is now just a housing estate

The Garden Festival of Wales (Ebbw Vale) of 1992 is now mostly housing
in parkland and woodland (for more info, select 'The Garden Festival
Now' under the "The Festival" sub-menu)